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Book SynopsisThe team of code-crackers face a new code that has never been solved. Brodie, Hunter and Tusia are back at Station X, the secret code-cracking station at Bletchley Park. And they are still wrestling with the great unanswered question: what secret lies behind the ancient, coded Voynich Manuscript? Their first adventure left them with a musical box that plays a tune by the composer, Elgar. Elgar loved codes.
At once they are off on a new search which takes them to the stories behind Elgar''s famous music and a coded letter he wrote to a young friend, Dorabella. The ''Dorabella Cipher'' has never, ever been solved. Now our team of code-breakers are on a twisting trail via medieval book burnings in Florence, a mysterious boy known as the Orphan of the Flames, and a one-time famous prisoner in London''s Newgate Prison who wrote about King Arthur. Where is it all leading? And will they survive, when hot on their trail is a secret organisation that has always thwarted the search for
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A beautifully drawn together story. * parentsintouch.co.uk *
Dennis mixes complex code breaking theories with humour and excitement to produce this action packed adventure * School Librarian *
Dennis mixes complex code breaking theories with humour and excitement to produce this action packed adventure. * School Librarian *
